I know it's been a little while since I've written.  We've been very busy.   My husband was away on a business trip, which is not a usual thing, and we just had my Brother in Law visiting us from NY.  In between there was Easter, and yet another small cold for Noah and I.  Or maybe it was allergies since it only lasted a couple days for each one of us.  Anyhow, we are all well.

Last night, Noah and I went to see The Step Crew.  We recognized a couple of the violinists/fiddlers from another show we attended recently.  We enjoyed the show, great lighting, Celtic music, and fun dancing.  It's neat for Noah to see that violins are used in much more than Classical music.  Heck, his teacher toured with the Rolling Stones.  :)

On the homeschooling front, I was shocked today when I realized we only have about 6 weeks worth of work to complete.  I believe we can do it less than that.  This year just flew.  I'm already making a list of 3rd grade curriculum.  We will likely stay with what we've been using, just go up a grade.  :)  You know the saying,  "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".  Ain't- what a horrendous word.  Which reminds me, did you ever hear the song "I'm just a girl who CAIN'T say no", from the musical Oklahoma?  We had a girl in high school sing it once, and I used to cringe when she would say cain't and ain't.  Sorry- that's just took me back 12 years. 

I'm off to bed now, but before I go, I want to post just a couple pictures from this past week.  Can you believe that of all people, I, forgot to take pictures of the children on Easter?!...Can you tell I had a stressful week?

Here are the kids on Easter at Grandma's house waiting to go out to eat. 

and N, who seems to be daydreaming.